Electric storage-battery locomotive



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R. MANCHA ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERYLOCOMOTIVE Eileduan. 28,' 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 iii iiuiii y MMM Aprilzs, 1925;

R. MANCHA ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE Filed'Uan. 28, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheva 2 IN VEA/TOR Fa man# Maru-d.

HT TOEN/S515 Patented Apr. 28, 1925.

PATEN T OFFICE.

`RAYMONDMAII'CBA, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO MANCHAvSTORAGE BAT- TERY LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF DELA- WARE.

ELECTRIC STORAGE-BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE.

Application filed January 28, 1924. Serial No. 689,038.

1o all 'whm' t may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND MANCHA, citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain neu/ and useful Improvement in Electric Storage-Battery Locomotives, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to 'make and use the same. s

This invention relates to electric storage battery locomotives.

The storage battery locomotives that are now used in mines equipped with narrow entries and mines equipped with a lcage or skip on which the locomotive isr transferred from one level to another level consists of one unit that contains 'the motor, controller and compartment for the motorman, and a separate unit that contains the storage bat.- tery used to operate, the motor. v In `transferring such a locomotive from one level to a different 'level it is necessary to disconnect these two units .because the overall length ofboth units is too great to permit said units to be vrun onto a cage or skip when they are coupled together. The operation ofdisconnecting the Atwo units each time the locomotive is to be run onto a cage and thereafter coupling said units together after the locomotive has been removed from the cage,` involves considerable trouble and -loss of time, and the object of my invention is to eliminate this trouble and loss of time in operating storage battery locomotives that are designed for use in mines equipped with narrow entries and-skips or cages on which the locomotives are transferred from one level to another.

To this end I have devised an electric storage battery locomotive consisting of a single unit comprising a motor, a controller, a storage battery and a motormans compartment or platform constructed in such a way that a part of Vthe locomotive can be moved easily into a position to reduce the overall length of the locomotive suiiiciently tive and said movable' element isjcombined with the chassis of-the locomotive in such a way that it can be moved into and out of its operative position inv a fraction of the time required to uncouple two units,.run said units onto a cage, then remove them from the cage and-thereafter couple said units together.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective A Referring to the drawings A designates.`

'as an entirety the chassis of a locomotive composed of a suitable frame equipped with wheels, B designates a battery box on said.

chassis that-contains the storage battery used to operate the motor (not shown) of the l locomotlve, C designates the controller box,

on said chassis and D designates as an entirety a movable or shiftable -element on one end of said chassis that is adapted to be` used as a compartment or platform for the` motorman in charge of the locomotive. The particular design or construction of the chassis, the battery box and the controller immaterial, and the motormanscompartment or platform D can beconstructed'in various ways and mounted on the chassis of the locomotive in various ways without departing from the spirit of my invention. The only requisites are:

(1st) A chassis of such overall 'length that .it can be run onto a conventional. mine cage or skip; and y (2nd) A shiftable or movable element at. one end of. the chassis that can be used to support the motorman when the locomotive isin operation-and which lcan be shifted or moved into an inoperative position so as to' reduce -the overall length of the complete unit 'sufficiently to permit it to be positioned on amine cage or skip.

In vthe form of my invention herein shown the motormans compartment D is'pivotally mounted onone end ofthe chassis of the locomotive in such a way that when it is,

arranged in its operative position, shown Ain 'Figure 1, it forms an extension on one end of thechassis that adds materially to the overall lengtlrof the chassis, and when it is arranged in its inoperative position, shown the locomotive is to be transferred, thelocoin Figure 2, it is located within the marmotiveis run off the cage and the element D ginal limits of the chassis in superimposed is restored to its former position and locked soA and is composed oftwo side members straddle lugs 9 0n the l equipped with a seat 12 relation with the battery box B on the to the chassis A by inserting the locking chassis. Said motormans compartment D pins l0 in the co-operating devices 8 "and 9. is of rectangular Shape in general outline From the foregoing it will be seen` that 1 with an electric storage battery locomotive connected together by a floor 2 and an end of the construction above described the sillB and provided with upwardly-projectvlabor and time involved in transferring the mg arms ,4 whose upper ends are pivotally" locomotive from one level to a di'erent level connected" bybolts or other suitable fasten' is considerably less than rwith a two unit ing devices 5to .brackets or uprights v6 on locomotive of the type heretofore used in the chassis of the locomotive. When the mines equipped with narrow entries .and

element D is in its operative position, vshown cages, owing to the fact that the' locpmotive in Figure l, it forms .a substantial supportis constructed in the form of a single unit ing structure for `the motorman and enables that' comprises a motormans platform or the motorman to occupy a position in close compa1tment`which can be moved or shifted proximity to the controller box G andthe into a position whereinthe" overall length other :elements used to governthe operation ofV the unit is reduced sufficiently to enable of the locomotive, and when said element is it to be positioned on a. conventionalA mine in its inoperative position, as shown in Figcage or skip. ure 2, it laps over the battery box B,thu's Having thus described my invention, reducing the-overall length of the complete what I claim as new and'desire to secure by vunit to the length of the chassis A of vthe Letters Patent is:

locomotive. Y 1. A storage battery locomotive, com- The end sill 3 ispreferably equipped with prising a chassis, Aabattery box on said a removable coupling pi-n 7 by which a draw chassis, and a movable operators platform bar can be detachably connected to the locowhich is adapted to be arranged in an operamotive, and means is provided for holding tive position wherein it forms an extension the motormans compartment D rigid vwith on 'one Y@11d of the chassis and in an inoperasaid'compartment is arranged in its operasaid battery box.

tive position. jIn the locomotive herein AStol'age battery locomotive provided shown the upwardly-projecting arms 4L on at.' one end with a shiftable supporting the side members 1 are provided with bifur- Astructure for the motorman in charge of thc cated elements 8 arranged so that they will locomotive, and means for locking saidsupframe of the chassis of the locomotive, 3. A Storage battery locomotive, compristhereby henabling pinsl 10 to be inserted in ing a chassis equipped with a battery box," aligned holes in said bifurcated elements 8 and a hinged or pivotally mounted motorend member of the porting structure in its operative position.,

I `respect to the chassis of the locomotive when tive position wherein it ispositioned above and lugs 9. .When the compartment D is mans compartment'or platform carried byV t swung upwardlyfinto its inoperative posisaid chassis and adapted to be arranged in l tion, shown lin Figure 2gravity maintains it p an operative 'position wherein it forms an inl superlmposed relation with the battery extension at one end of said chassis and in box .and causes said compartment to l'bear an inoperative position wherein it laps over upon buffers or. stopsll on the battery vbox said battery-box. 1 B. If desired, the compartment D can be 4. A storage battery lodomotive provided for the motorman, at one end with afshiftable or movable porarranged so that the various devices used tov tion that is adapted to serve as a` supporting govern the operation of the locomotive are structure for the motorman, and as a part within easy reach of the motorman. Norto which a draw bar can be connected,

mally, the shiftable or movable element D' 5 A Storage battery: locomotive, comis arranged in the position shown in Figure prising a chassis, ashftable elementen said 1 so as to form a supporting structure for chassis that can. be extended beyond one end the motorman 'in charge of the locomotive. of same and retracted when it is not in use,

. When the locomotive is to betransferredto and means for enabling a Vdraw 'bar to be withdrawn from the co-'operating devices 8 and 9`on the element D and on the chassis. ing a chassis, a shiftable motormans'coma different level theV locking pins 10 are connected to said element.

6.l A storage battery locomotive, comprisof the locomotive,Q and said element is partment'or platform that .is adapted to be then swung upwardly into the 'position extended beyond one end of the chassis of shown in Figure 2so as,to rediice the overall the, locomotive when it is in use and arlength of the unit, and thus permit it to' be ranged in superimposed relation with the -run onto a, conventional mine cage or skip. chassis when it is not in use, and means for When the cage kreaches the level to which holding said compartment rigid with rei ico ian

spect to the chassis of the locomotive when said compartment is in use.

7. A storage battery locomotive, comprising a chassis, brackets or uprights at one end of said chassis, and a shiftable motormans compartment or platform pivotally mounted on said uprights.

8. A storage battery locomotive, comprising a. chassis provided with a battery box, uprights at one endof said chassis, and a shiftable motormans compartment or platform pivotally mounted on said uprlghts and constructed in such a way that it can bt swung upwardly into overlapping relation with said battery box.

9. A storage battery locomotive provided at one end with a movable motormans compartment or platform that comprises side members connected to a loor and to an end sill and provided with upwardly-projecting arms that are'hinged or pivotally connected to the chassis of the locomotive.

10. A storage battery locomotive, comprising a chassis equipped with a battery box, a shiftable element at one end of said chassis that is adapted to act as a supporting 11. A storagebattery locomotive, comprising a chassis having a frame, brackets or uprights at one end of said frame, a motormans compartment having a floor arranged in a lower horizontal plane than the frame of said chassis, and side members projecting upwardly from said floor and pivotally connected at their upper ends to said brackets, thereby enabling said compartment to beV swung upwardly into superimposed relation with the frame of said chassis.

12. A storage battery locomotive, comprising a chassis, a motormans compartment or platform pivotally mounted on said chassis and arranged on one end of same, and a locking pin that is adapted to be in sorted in aligned holesin co-operating devices on said chassis and compartment when said compartment is arranged in its operative position.

RAYMOND MANCHA. 

